Between Two Millstones, Book 2
Between Two Millstones, Book 2 Nobel-prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and moved to the United States in 1976. Although he was initially celebrated in the…
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Between Two Millstones, Book 2
Nobel-prize winner Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was exiled from the Soviet Union in 1974 and moved to the United States in 1976. Although he was initially celebrated in the US, he quickly became controversial due to his sharp criticism of American consumerism, popular culture, and pacifism or weakness.Book Two of his memoir of his time in exile, Between Two Millstones, picks up in 1978, as Solzhenitsyn records his struggles to cope with life in a new country and feels trapped between two millstones: the Soviet Union and its propaganda and the United States and its mainstream media.This book covers key moments of his time in America, including his critical commencement address at Harvard University in 1978, one-on-one meetings with prominent figures like British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and Pope John Paul II, comments on TV and public appearances, and